New Delhi: In line with the National Hydrogen Mission, GAIL (India) Limited has awarded a contract to set up one of the largest Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyses in India. The project would be installed at GAIL’s Vijaipur Complex, in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh, and would be based on renewable power.

According to an official statement, the project has been designed to produce around 4.3 metric tonnes of hydrogen per day, approximately 10 MW capacity, with a purity of about 99.999 volume per cent. It is scheduled to be commissioned by November 2023. In line with the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat, the project has been awarded to a vendor having domestic value addition of more than 50 per cent.

Earlier, in January this year, GAIL had commenced India’s first-of-its-kind project of mixing hydrogen into a natural gas system. Hydrogen blended natural gas is being supplied to one of GAIL’s Joint Venture (JV) company with HPCL- Avantika Gas Limited (AGL), which is a city gas distribution (CGD) company operating in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Till date, GAIL has been successful in blending up to 2 per cent hydrogen in natural gas in the CGD network. /BI/